Champagne Bottle Sizes

The most common Champagne Bottle Sizes

• A standard bottle is 750 ml, or ¾ of a liter.
• A half-bottle, also known as a demi, is pretty straightforward, while a split is half of that, or ¼ of a standard bottle.
• The magnum is the equivalent of two standard bottles, while larger sizes are named typically after ancient kings and biblical characters.

Below, the full list. You should know it by heart…

Did you know that:

– Jeroboam, (3 litres), was named after the founder and first King of Israel;
– Methuselah, (6 litres), was named after Noah’s grandfather;
– Salmanazar, (9 litres), named after the King of Assyria);
– Balthazar, (12 litres), was named after the regent of Babylon;
– Nebuchadnezzar, (15 litres), was named after the King of Babylon?